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Kant thinks trust is the basis for society….when you lie, it hurts society

lying is the most disrespectful thing someone can do because it takes away their freedom

two duties never conflict and once a duty, always a duty

Ross (deontologist) believes duties sometimes do conflict

deontologist focuses on principles/duties: intentions

consequentialist focuses on outcomes

Utilitarian

not much difference between killing and letting die

do not like to lying or conflict

If I didn't lie about where my friend was, then they would go and kill him/her

Indirectly responsible

Kant would say I didn't even help

Kant:

Rules he follows

Maxims- Act according to moral principles

"I am not helping to kill"

-Kant believes in death penalty

-Kant says look at duties not the consequences

follow rules because its the right thing to do

only one thing we can call entirely good

good in itself (inherently)- good will (the desire to do the right thing)

- Happiness- eduaimonia: the good life (good character)

the highest good for Greeks

Happiness for an evil person is not good

-Kant:

not all virtues are good because they can be bad if put to bad use

Only humans count because of morality

Categorical Imperative: rule that tells me how to make moral rules called maxims, these are life principles

Examples of these rules are:

do whatever you can to get ahead

always obey your mother

tell the truth

lie to save other peoples feelings

Examples:

go to the store…imperative

lets go to the store…not an imperative

Kant: we have a bunch of norms at any moment but most are hypothetical imperatives

"If you will X, then do Y."

hypothetical (if)

imperative (then)

-only binded to these if you want the hypothetical part

Kant: what makes us different from animals is we can set goals and make a chain to accomplish them by using our minds and hypothetical imperatives
Kant: believes happiness is the goal for everyone…but everyone has different things that make them happy